A Day in the Life of the Bus I am also an ex-merchant navy engineer. During my trip around the world so many times I met pakistanis. Always I found found them a friendly lot. In fact only way I could distinguish between a pakistani and an indian is that who greets first aa-salaam-walekum. We roamed,ate and drank together but I never found any sense of enmity among them. It was a wonderful experience. Thanks for expressing your views.

Defending Pakistan I would like to say that pakistan is hell bent on destroying itself by trying to compete with india in defense and is possible other fields. It is possible with the size, economy under present circumstances. Certainly no, Does Pakistan`s GDP will improve ten fold or its going to alleviate it poverty if it annexes Kashmir, No. Does pakistan`s economy going to change substantially if it controls the access to Central Asia, No. No Company would like to build a gas or oil pipe line unless and until it ships a subtantial amount to India. Equally the trade isn`t going to be substantial. The unruly people of Afghan who couldn`t be civilized for centuries is going to be civilized by pakistan on the name of islam, no. Pakistan knows it very well that it couldnot compete with india under any circumstances then why are these demagogues bent on preaching the poor people against India. All I want to say is that its high time that we should wake up from hibernation and live in the real world and bring the country to prosperity.

Bismillahirrahmaanirraheem

Abdul